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BloodRayne 2 Goes Gold

Bloodthirsty fans can soon dig their fangs into some Nazis all over again.

Majesco announced today that BloodRayne 2 has gone gold and the PS2/Xbox versions are on schedule for release October 12, although no specific information about the PC version has been revealed yet.

To promote the imminent launch of BloodRayne 2, Majesco is going all the way, from appearing in Playboy, comic book, several promotions on MTV's Headbangers Ball, to the upcoming Bloodrayne theatrical movie, starring Kristanna Loken (T3: Rise of the Machines) portraying the title character, Academy Award winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) playing her father, Kagan, as well as Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs), Michelle Rodriguez (SWAT) and Ben Davis (Pearl Harbor).

"BloodRayne's popularity has transcended video games and emerged in other entertainment mediums including films, comic books and TV," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing. "Our campaign is focused on maximizing these synergies to gain additional traction with the mass-market audience, as well as reach the core video game audience."

Born from the unnatural union of vampire and human, BloodRayne is blessed with the powers of a vampire but cursed with the unquenchable thirst for blood and a weakness to sunlight. BloodRayne 2 challenges the supernatural anti-heroine with her most personal battle yet as she hunts down each of her wicked siblings who are carrying on the legacy of their dead father. Expanding on the predecessor, BloodRayne 2 includes new in-game dynamics such as pole combat, rail sliding and advanced melee fighting with fatality moves. Built upon a modified version of the Infernal Engine, BloodRayne 2 introduces threatening new bosses, all new environments set within a huge modernday city, a range of new supernatural powers and new motion-captured movements complete with soft-body physics.